Thread 96765405

Welcome to the 4Chan /g/ usenet group Thread! Now appearing on /tg/.

>What is /usenet/?
Open protocols still exist and are what the internet was built on (http, irc, rss, ftp, etc). Not owned by corpos, not under govt control, and are accessible to anyone with an internet connection. They simply exist to be built upon and enjoyed by all.

Join and discuss such topics as usenet, or topics like TTRPGS, WH40K, and STUFF.

>WTF IS USENET
Literally it means the Users Network. It’s an open protocol for posting and reading messages, organized by newsgroups. It's entirely decentralized, no single server, impossible to take down.

Today it is split between, binaries and text. The binaries part is what it’s known for today: piracy. The text part is forgotten and abandoned (except for that one guy in alt.tv...), until now.

>WHY POST ON USENET
Its open protocol, you can use any client you want or build you own. No costs, no subscriptions, no money. You can sign up through your ISP or burner email address. Then you just need to install a client.

>THIS IS OLDER THAN MY DAD. WHY TF WOULD I DO THIS?
Because its is comfy, it’s decentralized and instead of feeding some corpo AI bullshit like discord or whatever, you can have a conversation with like minded anons in an uncensored, decentralized, and fun hackerman way.

>DO I HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING?
No, you can use eternal-september.org with any client, or use the service of newsgrouper.org to access freely online (register to post)

>OK I’M IN - WHERE DO I POST?
Join us at:
alt.cyberpunk.tech
>and also
alt.games.wargames
rec.games.miniatures.warhammer
alt.games.rpg
alt.wargames

>WHAT CLIENT SHOULD I USE?
Pan (Multiplatform)
Seamonkey
Gnus for GNU Emacs
Mozilla Thunderbird
newsgrouper.org website


>HOW DO I READ NEWSGROUPS?
Go here:
https://eternal-september.org/

>WANT TO TAKE A PEEK?
Online Based service @ newsgrouper.org is free and allows to post when registered. Also it can be used in any browser, even on android!

>usenet groups
>play by email
>ad&d campaigns

Is kino back on the menu? Are we back to the comfy times?

>>96765472
It can be. /g/ are out there getting comfy.

Shit!! There still someone posting on alt.games.adnd

alt.games.wargames might be a good place to start. alt.cyberpunk.tech is comfy

>>96765472
we took over alt.cyberpunk.tech, pretty cool not having to worry about the plagues of retards

>>96765405 (OP)
I wish you luck.

>alt.games.rpg
I don't see this specific one, but there are certainly specific RPG groups like adnd and vtm.

>No pr0n, no warez
dropped, lamerz.

Cool, but how are you gonna keep the discord trannies from invading and destroying it, like they do to everything else?

>>96767249
Yeah we're planning to use alt.games.rpg.adnd, I believe.

>>96768839
Simple: hang back, take one for the team. They'll only be there if you're there, since they just follow you around

>>96768839
The primary element required for the formation of a discord tranny is a discord groomer-kitten dichotomy.
Neither will be readily available in a usenet group due to the natural barrier of entry, so I expect that this will be a trans-free zone for quite a while.

>>96767249
>>96768854
What about rec.games.frp.dnd? Is that still around?

>>96765405 (OP)
>what the internet was built on (http, irc, rss, ftp, etc).

RSS isn't even part of IPS. HTTP, IRC, and FTP are all application layer. Like RSS they are often useful in the WWW but they are not what the Internet was built on.

>>96769535
Last time I checked which was a long time ago, it was a worse cesspool than <chan you don't like>. There was nothing of any value at all.

>>96768839
they tend to not use text-only services

>>96769535
it both still exists and is still slightly active from people who aren't us

>>96765405 (OP)
This is so cool

>>96768839
>how are you gonna keep the discord trannies from invading and destroying it
They couldn't figure out how to use it.

>>96765405 (OP)
Man I loved rec.games.miniatures.warhammer back in the day. Was posting there on 9/11, wondering why my sister was blathering about some small planes hitting a tower somewhere. Who gives a shit: I've got posts about Dark Eldar to make.

>>96776555
It's still there, but retention means 2000 has dropped from a lot of groups.

Alt.games.adnd has posts. Come over, it's comfy.

>>96776555
Link?

>>96785654
rec.games.miniatures.warhammer

^^^^^ link.

Read OP. Read OP again.

>muh website waaah.

>>96765405 (OP)
4chan is the only place I know that still regularly uses usenet and irc.

>>96776555
>Who gives a shit: I've got posts about Dark Eldar to make

Sovl...

What are the security implications of using usenet?

>>96776555
kek

>>96786833
you can easily make yourself anonymous on it

Based thread.

Anyone got an invite to .in or omgwtf?

The FUDGE role-playing game was supposedly created with input from the Usenet community, does anyone know if Fudge has a strong presence in Usenet or if there a people playing it in Usenet today? Thank you.

>>96794197
not much of anything has a strong presence in usenet today

>>96794214
>not much of anything has a strong presence in usenet today
Should have expected as much honestly then let me rephrase that, would it be reasonable for me to go looking for Fudge groups and players in Usenet or would that be unlikely?

I appreciate the sentiment, but why would you use Usenet over IRC?

>>96768839
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_file
Anyone can use the platform, but nobody is forced to listen.

>>96795112
IRC isn't decentralized.

>>96795112
Irc and chat stuff is just too cluttered. I'm an old old fag and nntp is slow enough and comfy enough to get on with.

>>96765405 (OP)
One thing(2 actually):
No captachas,
No rate limit,
Bliss.

Back here posting is a pain in the ass.

>>96765405 (OP)
Here's a bump on me.

>>96768839
>like everything else
they failed to colonize something as simple as telnet and BBS because of their shit attention spans

usenet

>>96768839
Legbutts have been online since the B.B.S. days. How new are you?

>>96765405 (OP)
>alt.games.rpg
>last post was spam, in 2023

Are you sure you got the right group there, op?

Please, suggest a platform that fulfills all the following requirements:
1. Real-time communication
2. Is actually active
3. Isn't a chud pipeline.

>>96819376
IRC is real time communication.

Is alt.flame.niggers still alive?

>>96765405 (OP)
This sounds cool and all but I get the feeling this is a bad idea.

Good luck on your endeavors though, I hope it goes well.